Interim Senior Director Global Analytics & Insights Oncology

Period: 10 months from approximately Jan 2027 to Oct 2027

Location: Cambridge, UK

Work Arrangement: Full time

Compensation: Competitive Salary & Excellent Company Benefits

Business Area: Oncology Business Unit (OBU)

The Global Analytics & Insights mission is to improve the quality of the decisions taken on our assets and across our Disease Areas through the provision of excellent market, customer and competitor analytics. This role will focus on the Lung and BiSp franchises and lead a programme of insight and analysis to support clinical development through commercialization in prioritized indications.

Analytics

• Work with data experts to conduct analysis of complex datasets, including electronic medical records, claims data, and quantitative survey raw data
• Share your commercial and strategic acumen with data experts- and 'ask the right questions', to generate actionable insights to inform strategic decisions

Insights

• Design strategy-shaping qualitative and quantitative market research – to build our deep customer understanding
• Lead insights synthesis process (with support from broader team) – connecting dots and looking for patterns / disconnects between all our analytics and primary market research materials and datasets

Forecasting

• Ensure every assumption is deeply interrogated – with primary and secondary data and RWD analytics.
• Direct forecast analysts to build and manage patient flow forecast models, and lead delivery of outputs for forecasting cycles

Performance

• Co-Lead KPI development, in partnership with commercial - identifying best measures to assess delivery of commercial strategy. Ensuring they are measurable (data limitations), and actually drivers of business
• Analyze in-market performance – including source of business - to identify growth opportunities

General

• Move between being deep in data, to communicating findings in a succinct way that is tailored to the altitude of the stakeholder
• Possess or develop deep tumour knowledge – becoming an expert in your designated tumours (which may include lung, BTC, HCC, HNSCC, cervical)

• Advanced degree in science, mathematics or data-related field / MBA
• Substantial relevant experience in the pharmaceutical industry or consultancy
• AI expertise
• Qualitative and Quantitative market research experience
• Oncology Experience

• Knowledge of real-world datasets such as Flatiron & IQVIA
• Commercial brand strategy experience